Champagne and Guacamole

The night before I left to Canada I was invited to a nice birthday celebration. Actually, that is kind of the reason why I stayed until then... 80th birthday of Albane's grandfather!... :-)

It meant several things, like great food, a lot of champagne and good wine... But to me, it mostly meant: meet all... ALL... the family, and getting deeper inside the "family circle"... I was happy!... I had such a nice time. Heh... There were over 40 people in this nice house they have by a forest, food was awesome, and the mood was friendly and of good conversation. Of course, there was a lot of older people, heh... And some of then are not horribly energetic party animals... :-P But it was nice!... I finally meet all of Albane's uncles and aunts, and had nice chats with several of them.

Yes... I had nice chats with several, form young to quite old... In French!... I don't seem to believe it my self, but... I guess I am not that bad!. O.o He he he... People are impressed by it, and we have nice full conversations in which I do understand everything, and do my best effort to make my self understood.

I think I am in that stage in which I can listen and understand most of it, but articulating is still not perfect... "subjunctive" and a little bit of the grammar construction fails me, which makes me speak like "Tarzan" sometimes... But hey, we can understand Tarzan right?. Heh... That's what matters.

I was quite pleased, as well, that everyone seemed to enjoy the guacamole I made!... Heh... People were eating it a lot, and giving it "praises"... Which made me smile, and laugh about the whole concept about having nice champagne while eating guacamole... Good clashing of cultures right there!...

One funny thing was that, when saying good bye, I was kind of cornered and surrounded by a lot of her family, and we talked/joked a tad. They kept making me red, and at some point they asked my family name. When I said "Padilla" several of them, including her mom, did say with a smile "ah, albane will keep her initials!"... (she's Prouveur)... Heh.

And earlier that day, we visited her grandma (mom of her dad), and after a nice chat and when the time to say good-bye came, the phone rang so we had to wait for her a little. Close to the end of her conversation she excused herself because she had to hang up, because Albane and her "fiance" hector were there. =)

Heh... I was surprised by her using that word, and when I asked Albane it indeed means what I assumed. Heh... AHHH... Good times. I smiled so much.

I am in love with this girl!!!... I want time to speed up, the summer to arrive and pass by... Late summer / early fall Albane and I may be living together in "our" apartment. And that idea makes me the happiest guy in the world.

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Good vibes.